poet-sexton

Updated: July 8, 2026

Hines in his hoarse, confidential croak, as the poet-sexton retired, "this is dead easy. Why, the guy's on the make. For sale. He'll stand for anything. Passing out this stuff for other folks to sign! He's a crook!" "Make no such mistake," I advised. "Bartholomew is as honest a man as lives, in his own belief." "Very likely. That's the worst kind," pronounced the expert Mr. Hines.

Samuel Hopkins Adams - From a Bench in Our Square